A weakened DeSantis returns to Florida to campaign
TAMPA — Ron DeSantis was once viewed as the only Republican who could beat former President Donald Trump. Now Florida isn’t even a sure thing.
The Florida governor has for months tried to meet the lofty expectations set when he jumped into the presidential race in May. Since then, he’s reorganized his campaign several times, laid off staff and faced endless attacks by Trump, who continues to lead by double-digits in polls.
He’s overshadowed in his home state too, where Trump is ahead of the governor by 35 points in a recent poll.
Against this backdrop, DeSantis on Thursday brought his campaign to downtown Tampa, less than an hour from the governor’s hometown of Dunedin, to roll out a slew of...
